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Under Pressure-David Bowie Queen lyrics & chords
Under Pressure-David Bowie Queen

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[riff Played once for INTRO and during VERSE]

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D-or riff A
Um boom ba bay Um boom ba bay
G A
Um Um boom ba bay bay

D A
Pressure Pushing down on me
G A
Pressing down on you No man ask for

D A
Under pressure That burns a building down
G A
Splits a family in two Puts people on streets

D A
Um ba ba bay Um ba ba bay
G A
Dee day duh Ee day duh

bridge
G A
It's the terror of knowing What this world is about
G A
Watching some good friends Screaming let me out!
G A
Pray tomorrow takes me higher
D G A
Pressure on people People on streets

[Figure 1 bassline x3]

Day day day da da dup bup bup Okay

D-or riff A
Chippin' around I kick my brains round the floor
G A
These are the days It never rains but it pours

D A
Ee do bay bup Ee do bay ba bup
G A
Ee do bup Bay bup

D A
People on streets Dee da dee da day
G A
People on streets Dee da dee da dee da dee da

It's the terror of knowing What this world is about

Watching some good friend Scream let me out!
Pray tomorrow takes me high high higher

G C
Turned away from it all Like the blind man
G C
Sat on a fence but it don't work
G A
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Keep coming up with love But it's so slashed and torn
C F G F A
Why? Why? Love Love Love!

A
Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking
D G A
Can't we give ourselves one more chance?
D G A
Why can't we give love that one more chance?
D A D A
Why can't we give love give love give love?
G A D A G A
Give love give love give love give love give love give love?
G A D
Cause love's such an old fashioned word
A G
And love dares you to care
A D A
For the people on the edge of the night
G A
And love dares you to change our way
D A
Of caring about ourselves

G A G A
This is our last dance This is our last chance
D A G [Figure 1 bass line x3]
This is ourselves Under Pressure
D A D G A D
Under Pressure Pressure

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